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• Blog / About Decisions

  continuing to those not admitted, waitlisted, or still waiting

  

  having been admitted, of being at MIT. (Though, to be clear, it ... I wanted to do earlier in college? What if I had taken those harder ... stuck in this limbo of not knowing? As human beings, we are constantly

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • March 16, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advisor vs. Advisee a '07 and a '21 answer a series of questions

  

  current and crufty MIT bloggers. A super familiar name popped up in the chain: Bryan Bryson. My advisor in biological engineering and one of the ... . Bryson used to do back in the day: Q&A. In our many conversations, I

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 22, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Is CPW a lie? I asked for opinions.

  

  theme song on the piano in the middle of the room. Nearby, an ... grasping. I soaked it all in and confirmed that MIT was for me. I was ... nothing short of inspiring. Sure, I knew it was “hard”, but it was clear

  • by Ana V. '15
  • April 17, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Surviving MIT Spreading the word, take this to heart

  

  has become painfully clear that I stand next to no chance of getting in ... 'll reproduce the post here: I'm a senior in high school this year, and will be ... truly the smartest in my class. However, this past year has shown me that

  • by Snively '11
  • January 5, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Story About Muti How I performed a project in Ethiopia a lot sooner than I expected.

  

  an entire month, because we went in the winter during the dry season ... doodled in my journal everyday, and when I came back to our second grade ... in Kaffa. Yet, I never was able to tie it all together. But that was

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 15, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Two hundred puzzles, fifty people later ✈✈✈ (pronounced whoosh) ✈✈✈ (pronounced nyeowww)

  

  fifty people I spent it with. Puzzlehunts, after all, are done in teams for a reason, and each team carries its own traditions, culture, and in-jokes. One thing I love about the past two Hunts were the registration websites

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 22, 2022
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  50 Reflections

  

  celebration. The invitation is a complete honor. It's great to be back in my old ... . I wouldn't trade them for anything in the world. MIT alums often describe their experience the same way. Even in the most difficult moments

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 6, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Figuring out what I want to do with my life personal essay time :)

  

  clearly influential in shaping the thinking of bright young people who worry ... After I graduate in June, I’m planning to attend grad school and [annotation note="i mean...hopefully lol"]eventually emerge with a PhD in

  • by Alex M. '21
  • March 5, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Two thousand high schoolers walk into MIT what could possibly go wrong?

  

  I get it. There have been posts about Splash before. There have, in ...  I experienced Splash this year. For reasons I’ll talk about later in this post ... ’s some contents: Part 1: Hi, are you interested in teaching for Splash

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 28, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Queer at MIT, but not on the blogs the map is not the territory, but it's getting closer

  

  great suggestions, but one in particular caught my attention, in response ... consequences for being out in their home country or state. This is not to say ... this year's CPW. In the 9 years between these posts, there were dozens of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 30, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Search of Answers Seeking recommendations, rather than providing them...

  

  about the difficulty in selecting the students who will ultimately be ... contributions or the work of other admissions officers, our roles in the ... parents face. For me to weigh in on the merits of an individual applicant

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 13, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Speaking in MITese A language all our own.

  

  .112 lecture in 10-250" or "I have three psets due every week this semester and it's really hosing" or even "I'm doing a UROP in Course 7" don't mean ... - speaking in MITese. But what else would you expect from a school where

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 19, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Back in Time I change my clock back three hours and read headlines on the magazine of the…

  

  The last time I was on an airplane, I was in an aisle seat getting my ... terrorist," they said in my mind the last time I was on an airplane. "She's hiding the goods in her breakfast burrito." The last time I was on an

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 22, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Beacon Hill in the Fall More door.

  

  is behind us, the Charles River is below us, and Boston is in front of us. One of my favorite places in the world is the gold hill under the ... ’s favorite place to go when we need an escape, especially in the late evening

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 17, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  3 weeks in northern Italy Global Teaching Labs and MISTI-Italy

  

  I spent the last three weeks in Italy through GTL, and the two before that in Santa Fe. In Santa Fe I slept on a beautiful couch carved out of ... in hats and my cousins and my brother and my sisters and my best friend

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • February 2, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Day in the Life Liveblog of my Thursday complete with (not so great) pictures

  

  I really enjoyed Ana's recent post about a single day in her life, so ... arrive in Harvard Square 10:01am arrive at L.A. Burdick's This particular ... professors, whether it's in an academic context like office hours or running

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • November 15, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An actual day in the lab Hectic is my middle name.

  

  exactly what needs to be done. I stick my cell culture media in the ... wait until some of the other postdocs come in. 9:15 AM. Since I can ... temp. 9:45 AM. I am putting the DNAs back in my box when I discover that

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 7, 2006
• Blog / Advice

  My Product Design Internship in Austin how to build things: both externally and internally

  

  Boy oh boy, what a summer it’s been so far. For the first time in my college career, I’m spending my summer working in [annotation note ... [/annotation] – and where better to breathe in that sweet, American, summer air than in

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • July 26, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “So what are you majoring in?” *sweats nervously*

  

  -calculus-by-second-grade math majors, kids who’ve competed in national olympiads, freshmen and ... simple. I signed up for 6.01 in my first semester and went to a few ... , Michelle. You were Good at Things in high school, remember? You won stuff

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • April 4, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Guest Post] We’re Not in ~Kansas~ Missouri Anymore Going From a Small Town to Boston, by Claire S. '25

  

  : “Definitely not in a big city.” I’d spent my entire life in a small town in ... it. Comparing that to my experiences in places such as New York City ... ’m writing this in my dorm room overlooking the city of Boston. Ultimately, I

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 17, 2024